वामा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱামা (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬵᬫᬵ (Balinese script)
- বামা (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰦𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဝါမာ (Burmese script)
- વામા (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਮਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌮𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦴꦩꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂰𑂧𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ವಾಮಾ (Kannada script)
- វាមា (Khmer script)
- ວາມາ (Lao script)
- വാമാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᠮᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘦𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑧆𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐩𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଵାମା (Odia script)
- ꢮꢵꢪꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆩𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖦𑖯 (Siddham script)
- වාමා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩛𑩴𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚭𑚢𑚭 (Takri script)
- வாமா (Tamil script)
- వామా (Telugu script)
- วามา (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་མཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒧𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨊𑨢𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Feminine of वाम (vāma, “lovely”).
Noun
वामा • (vāmā) stem, f
- a beautiful woman, any woman or wife
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वामा (vāmā) | वामे (vāme) | वामाः (vāmāḥ) |
| accusative | वामाम् (vāmām) | वामे (vāme) | वामाः (vāmāḥ) |
| instrumental | वामया (vāmayā) वामा¹ (vāmā¹) |
वामाभ्याम् (vāmābhyām) | वामाभिः (vāmābhiḥ) |
| dative | वामायै (vāmāyai) | वामाभ्याम् (vāmābhyām) | वामाभ्यः (vāmābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वामायाः (vāmāyāḥ) वामायै² (vāmāyai²) |
वामाभ्याम् (vāmābhyām) | वामाभ्यः (vāmābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वामायाः (vāmāyāḥ) वामायै² (vāmāyai²) |
वामयोः (vāmayoḥ) | वामानाम् (vāmānām) |
| locative | वामायाम् (vāmāyām) | वामयोः (vāmayoḥ) | वामासु (vāmāsu) |
| vocative | वामे (vāme) | वामे (vāme) | वामाः (vāmāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वामा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 941/2.